1. Development and application of flexible sensing materials: synthesis and development of flexible materials and devices with signal sensing function, including human electrophysiological signals, environmental interaction signals (mechanics, temperature and humidity, chemical reagents, etc.).  

2. Flexible actuating materials and soft robots: flexible/soft polymer material development and robotic performance design for soft machines;  Intelligent manipulation, sensing, feedback, and system integration;  Intelligent soft robot combined with intelligent algorithm analysis for real-world applications.  

3. Development and application of functional polymer materials: development of flexible polymer materials with excellent mechanical and electrical properties and applications in the field of human-machine interaction. 

2011-2016, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Materials Physics and Chemistry, PhD degree.

2017-2021, National University of Singapore, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Postdoctor.

Yin Cheng received his Ph. D. degree in Materials Physics and Chemistry from Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2017. He joined the National University of Singapore as a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Ho Ghim Wei (Professor and Associate Dean of the School of Engineering, National University of Singapore, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK). In 2021, he joined the State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences as an associate professor. Selected as Class A of Shanghai Pujiang Talent Plan (2021), Shanghai Overseas High-level Talent Plan (2021), and Chinese Academy of Sciences Talent Plan (2021). He has been engaged in the field of flexible&wearable electronics and soft robots in human-computer interaction, focusing on the development of flexible materials and device application innovation. A series of high stretchable electrodes, flexible multifunctional sensors, electrophysiological signal monitoring electrodes and multifunctional intelligent soft robots have been developed. He has published 37 papers, with 16 papers as the first author/corresponding author, including Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Science, ACS Nano, Nano Energy, etc. Papers have been cited for more than 3500 times, with the highest number of citations for a single paper being 750 times (ESI highly cited papers), and h-index is 23. Six Chinese invention patents have been authorized in flexible electronics related fields.  Undertakes 9 scientific research projects including National Natural Science Foundation of China, Shanghai Science and Technology Commission Fund, Talents Project Fund of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai international cooperation project, and Youth Fund of Shanghai Institute of Ceramics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, etc.

2017-2021, National University of Singapore, Postdoctor.

2021-Now, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SICCAS), Associate Professor

(1) Innovative Youth Foundation of SICCAS, Project leader, 2021-12--2022-11
(2) Class A of Shanghai Pujiang Talent Plan, Project leader, 2021-10--2023-09
(3) Talent Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Project leader, 2021-10--2024-10
(4) Youth Science Foundation of National Natural Science Foundation of China, Project leader, 2023-01--2025-12
(5) Youth Project, Director Fund of State Key Laboratory, Project leader, 2022-10--2024-09
(6) Youth Foundation of SICCAS, Project leader, 2022-12--2024-12
(7) Shanghai Changning District "Science and Technology Star" Team Project, Project leader, 2022-12--2023-12

(8) Shanghai international cooperation project, Project leader, 2023.09-2026.09

(9)  National Defense Science and Technology 173 Program, 2023-11--2025-11

1. Development of conductive materials and conductive networks for flexible force sensors, Chemical Engineering Journal,2023

2. A Stretchable, Breathable, And Self‐Adhesive Electronic Skin with Multimodal Sensing Capabilities for Human‐Centered Healthcare, Advanced Functional Materials, 2023

3. A multi-hole resonator enhanced acoustic energy harvester for ultra-high electrical output and machine-learning-assisted intelligent voice sensing, Nano Energy, 2023

4. Temperature‐Triggered Adhesive Bioelectric Electrodes with Long‐Term Dynamic Stability and Reusability, Advanced Science, 2023

5. Lithographic printing inspired in-situ transfer of MXene-based films with localized topo-electro tunability for high-performance flexible pressure sensors, Nano Research, 2023

6. Non-planar dielectrics derived thermal and electrostatic field inhomogeneity for boosted weather-adaptive energy harvesting，National Science Review 10 (9), 2023

7. Breathable, Self-Adhesive Dry Electrodes for Stable Electrophysiological Signal Monitoring During Exercise, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022

8. Recent advances in 3D porous MXenes: structures, properties and applications, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS, 2022

9. Scalable, stretchable and washable triboelectric fibers for self-powering human-machine interaction and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, Nano Energy, 2022

10. A stretchable and helically structured fiber nanogenerator for multifunctional electronic textiles, Nano Energy, 2022

11. Macromolecule conformational shaping for extreme mechanical programming of polymorphic hydrogel fibers, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 2022

12. Z-scheme transition metal bridge of Co9S8/Cd/CdS tubular heterostructure for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution, APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL, 2021

13. A Fast Autonomous Healing Magnetic Elastomer for Instantly Recoverable, Modularly Programmable, and Thermorecyclable Soft Robots, ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, 2021

14. All-Soft and Stretchable Thermogalvanic Gel Fabric for Antideformity Body Heat Harvesting Wearable, ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 2021

15. Mutually Noninterfering Flexible Pressure–Temperature Dual-Modal Sensors Based on Conductive Metal–Organic Framework for Electronic Skin, ACS nano, 2021

16. Dynamic thermal trapping enables cross-species smart nanoparticle swarms, SCIENCE ADVANCES, 2021

17. Recent advances in 3D porous MXenes: Structures, properties and applications, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 55 (9), 2021

18. Scalable thermoelectric fibers for multifunctional textile-electronics, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 2020, 第 5 作者

19. Somatosensory, light‐driven, thin‐film robots capable of integrated perception and, Advanced materials, 2020, 第 1 作者

20. Controlled heterogeneous water distribution and evaporation towards enhanced photothermal water-electricity-hydrogen production, NANO ENERGY, 2020

21. Direct-Ink-Write 3D Printing of Hydrogels into Biomimetic Soft Robots, ACS NANO, 2019

22. A Biomimetic Conductive Tendril for Ultrastretchable and Integratable Electronics, Muscles, and, ACS NANO, 2018

23. Smart fibers based on low dimensional conductive materials, 2018

24. Hybrid Photothermal Pyroelectric and Thermogalvanic Generator for Multisituation Low Grade Heat Harvesting, ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 2018

25. High-Performance Piezoresistive Electronic Skin with Bionic Hierarchical Microstructure and Microcracks, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2017

26. Copper Nanowire-Based Aerogel with Tunable Pore Structure and Its Application as Flexible Pressure Sensor, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2017

27. A stretchable fiber nanogenerator for versatile mechanical energy harvesting and self-powered full-range personal healthcare monito, Nano Energy, 2017

28. Stretchable electronic skin based on silver nanowire composite fiber electrodes for sensing pressure, proximity, and multidirectional strain, NANOSCALE, 2017

29. Plasma-induced nanowelding of a copper nanowire network and its application in transparent electrodes and stretchable conductors, NANO RESEARCH, 2016

30. Quasi In Situ Polymerization To Fabricate Copper Nanowire-Based Stretchable Conductor and Its Applications, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 2016

31. Highly Stretchable and Conductive Copper Nanowire Based Fibers with Hierarchical Structure for Wearable Heaters, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 2016

32. Transparent heaters based on highly stable Cu nanowire films, NANO RESEARCH, 2016

33. Novel fabrication of copper nanowire/cuprous oxidebased semiconductor-liquid junction solar cells, NANO RESEARCH, 2015

34. Highly Conductive and Ultrastretchable Electric Circuits from Covered Yarns and Silver Nanowires, ACS NANO, 2015

35. A stretchable and highly sensitive graphene‐based fiber for sensing tensile strain, bending and, Advanced materials, 2015

36. Copper nanowire based transparent conductive films with high stability and superior stretchability, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C, 2014

37. Highly Thermal Conductive Copper Nanowire Composites with Ultralow Loading: Toward Applications as Thermal Interface Materials, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 2014

（ 1 ） 一种高弹性电加热纤维及其制备方法和应用, 专利授权, 2020, 第 2 作者, 专利号: CN107447539B

（ 2 ） 一种超高弹性导线及其制备方法, 专利授权, 2019, 第 3 作者, 专利号: CN108520795B

（ 3 ） 一种柔性可穿戴导电纤维传感器及其制备方法和应用, 专利授权, 2019, 第 2 作者, 专利号: CN106705829B

（ 4 ） 一种可穿戴电加热系统, 实用新型, 2017, 第 2 作者, 专利号: CN206214260U

（ 5 ） 一种高弹性导电纤维及其制备方法, 发明专利, 2015, 第 2 作者, 专利号: CN104499272A

（ 6 ） 铜纳米线/聚丙烯酸酯复合材料及其制备方法, 发明专利, 2014, 第 4 作者, 专利号: CN103819591A

High stretchable electrode, functional polymer material  

Flexible wearable sensing, electrophysiological monitoring  

Intelligent soft robots, 3D printing 

(1) Shanghai Pujiang Talent Plan (Class A), Provincial, 2021

(3) Baosteel Outstanding Student Scholarship, National Level, 2016

(4) Yan Dongsheng Scholarship Grand Prize, College Level, 2015

(5) Merit Student, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2015

(6) Outstanding Graduate of Beijing, Provincial, 2011

(7) National Scholarship, National Level, 2010

(8) First Prize of National English Competition for College Students, National Level, 2010